LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-NOV 7, 2019…TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO U2 WAS ROCKIN’ A “DAY ON THE GREEN.” THE ZOO TV TOUR WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOURS OF 1992 AND WAS AN ELABORATE MULTIMEDIA EVENT. THE STAGE SHOW FEATURED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF VIDEO SCREENS DISPLAYING VISUAL DISPLAYS AND CLIPS, COMBINED WITH AN AWESOME LIGHT SHOW. A TOTAL OF 52 TRUCKS WERE USED TO TRANSPORT 1,200 TONS OF EQUIPMENT, 3 MILES OF CABLES, 200 WORKERS, 40 FORKLIFTS AND ONE 40 TON CRANE USED TO CONSTRUCT THE STAGE. IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOURS OF THE YEAR WITH THE BAND GROSSING OVER 67 MILLION DOLLARS IN NORTH AMERICA IN 73 SHOWS. ALONG WITH BEING THE BIGGEST TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA, ZOO TV SOLD 5.3 MILLION TICKETS WORLDWIDE. DESPITE THE SUCCESS AT THE TICKET COUNTER THE BAND DIDN’T MAKE MONEY. U2 INCURRED SUCH HUGE EXPENSES THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED THE BAND WAS SELLING AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TEE-SHIRTS. ACCORDING TO BONO “When we built Zoo TV, we were so close to bankruptcy that if five percent fewer people went, U2 was bankrupt. Even in our irresponsible, youthful and fatal disregard of such material matters, it was terrifying.”
THE ‘ZOO TV TOUR’ WAS AWESOME AND THIS IS SOME GREAT VIDEO OF U2 IN ACTION
